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Quick Stats: M32 - KKR vs KXIP
05 May, 2016
Quick Stats: M32 - KKR vs KXIP
05 May, 2016
1373 Runs added by Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa for the first wicket in IPL – most by an opening pair. They surpassed Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay’s tally of 1360 runs for Chennai Super Kings.
50 Number of IPL matches played at the Eden Gardens. Only two other grounds have hosted 50 IPL matches – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru (53) and Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi (50).
14 Number of times Robin Uthappa has got his partner run-out in IPL – only Rohit Sharma (20) and Dinesh Karthik (17) have got their partners run-outs on more occasions in IPL (MS Dhoni also has a tally of 14).
7 Number of consecutive matches in which Kolkata Knight Riders have now beaten Kings XI Punjab. The last time KXIP beat KKR in IPL was at Abu Dhabi in 2014 when KXIP defended a below-par 132/9, winning by 23 runs.
3 All three wickets falling in Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings were run-outs. This was the first instance in IPL history when all wickets in a team innings (two or more) came via run-outs.
2 Number of captains to register 50 wins for a particular team in IPL. Gautam Gambhir emulated MS Dhoni, who had 78 wins for Chennai Super Kings.
1 This was KKR’s first win this season while defending a target.
